(19)
(11) EP 0 630 075 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/51

(21) Application number: 94108820.5

(22) Date of filing: 08.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/629
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 14.06.1993 JP 168434/93

(71) Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
Yokkaichi-shi Mie-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Katsuma, Takatoshi, c/o Sumitomo Wiring Sys., Ltd.
    Yokkaichi-shi, Mie (JP)

(74) Representative: KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER 
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Lever-type connector and method for assembling and connecting same


(57) Symmetrical communication portions formed in respective inner surfaces of arms of a lever extend from an inner end surface of a guide groove to an inner peripheral surface of a rotation hole. To connect the lever to the selected housing, the lever is moved parallel relative to the male housing in such a manner that rotation pins move along the respective guide grooves and communication portions until they are rotatably received in the respective rotation holes. Accordingly, there is no need to elastically deform the lever in order to attach the lever to the housing, and therefore, the burden on the operator is small because the two rotation pins are simultaneously guided to the respective rotation holes by the respective guide grooves. Therefore the attaching operation can be carried out easily and positively. After the lever is attached to the selected housing, another housing may be connected to the selected housing also using the communication portions of the lever.






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